A couple of images from Sunday's meeting of garden bloggers at the University of Washington Arboretum. The orange seeds belong to an Iris foetidissima and the pretty pink berries are from a Mountain Ash.
That iris was such a nice surprise - I would never have thought to crack open the seed pods and find something so lovely. I liked the pink sorbus berries too, much better than the loud orange/red ones. The tree with white ones was pretty cool, too. I haven't even looked at my pics from that day yet, you are way ahead of me as usual!
That mountain ash is the most delicate shade of pink- so pretty. I've been seeing recipes for rowan berry jelly on some of the blogs that I read. Anyone made any?
I have plenty of iris foetidissima seeds and starts in my garden if anyone wants some. The seeds of mine seem to be a little darker and brighter (oranger) than those.
It looks as if you had the perfect fall day for your meeting- I'm sorry to have missed it.
That iris was such a nice surprise - I would never have thought to crack open the seed pods and find something so lovely. I liked the pink sorbus berries too, much better than the loud orange/red ones. The tree with white ones was pretty cool, too. I haven't even looked at my pics from that day yet, you are way ahead of me as usual!
ReplyDeleteThat mountain ash is the most delicate shade of pink- so pretty. I've been seeing recipes for rowan berry jelly on some of the blogs that I read. Anyone made any?
ReplyDeleteI have plenty of iris foetidissima seeds and starts in my garden if anyone wants some. The seeds of mine seem to be a little darker and brighter (oranger) than those.
It looks as if you had the perfect fall day for your meeting- I'm sorry to have missed it.